Siemens

Profile
Siemens is a global powerhouse focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalisation. The company is active in more than 200 countries. In 2019 Siemens generated a revenue of 86.9 billion euros and had around 385,000 employees worldwide. Siemens is the only provider that offers a comprehensive range of products and systems for automation in all sectors and is a leading supplier of automation systems to the food & beverage industry.
Competences & Capabilities
Siemens is active in the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization with products and solutions like
- Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) portal
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software
- Energy management and efficient drives

Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, 81739 Munich, Germany
Contact
Rudolf Sollacher, Senior Research Scientist
rudolf.sollacher@siemens.com
+49 152 22 79 79 87
Partner in the following EIT Food projects

EIT Food Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS)
EIT Food Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) implements the “EIT Food RIS Strategy, 2018-2020”.

Energy-to-Feed (E2F)
E2F will develop a sustainable source of protein & lipid from omega-3 rich microalgae cultivated using clean power sources (Geothermal/Hydro) & natural CO₂.

Digital Twin Management
Food safety is one of the major concerns in food production. Improving tracking & tracing especially for the management of food safety events can lead to a faster reaction time and elimination of potentially hazardous products, thus prevention of food borne illnesses and loss of lives.

Health SnaP
The purpose of this activity is to support healthy eating by developing a new food manufacturing technology and B2C business concept for at-site customised production of healthy snacks.

Optimization of bakery processes by a computational tool together with consumer feedback to minimize ecological footprint and food waste
A prospective production-planning tool for bakeries will be developed in this trans- and interdisciplinary project.

The development of organic supply chains that drive fair, transparent and healthy options for the consumer
The organic food supply system in Europe must rank among one of the most important in terms of trust. Our citizens make purchasing choices around organic food based on a wide range of issues which include sustainability, ethics, food safety and nutrition.